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I just wanted to share how much this site has helped me. I cannot ss due to illness at the moment so i am calorie counting and exercising like a mad thing - it is working. I have lost 13lb (in 4 weeks) doing it and am really proud of myself. I am on 1440 calories a day plus whatever exercise cals I earn but it is not essential that i eat them. I hope to ss eventually but in the mean time I feel positive about dieting and exercising and hope I can do this!!!

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I think doing exercise does make a difference...like that I have not been doing much since I was sick with the cold/flu and I am now feeling the difference...need to get myself back into the swing of things again.

My body looked so much firmer when I was doing even the little bit of gentle stretch and free weights.

I think also I over did the gym, so will take it more gentle, I found I was so exciting I had the energy and my fitness level was so good, I was showing off to myself as this time last year in the gym I was so unfit and fat...

Regular Member

I am going to go swimming today instead of the gym. I might go to the gym but will have to see how i feel. Still got a chesty cold which is really annoying and my ears are all blocked up. I want it to clear before i go away or else the plane journey will be awful!

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I am going to go swimming today instead of the gym. I might go to the gym but will have to see how i feel. Still got a chesty cold which is really annoying and my ears are all blocked up. I want it to clear before i go away or else the plane journey will be awful!

Gold Member

I think the exercise thinbg is really helpful. I am swimming every day, yesterday 22 lengths! The only snag is the scales are not dropping even though I have stuck to my cal allowance and done all the swimming. Mini reckons it may be due to muscle building and i must admit 2 people have already commented on the fact that I look a different shape - presumably a better one! Keep it up, we are getting there!

Love Barb xxxxx

May 17th 2011 - The fight back to health.:
May to December 2011 28lbs lost.

Weight gained between December 2011-March 2012 = 9lbs
March 26th - Back with a vengeance!

Gone fishing

Barb I think it's more likely that you are retaining water than muscle. The extra muscle weight takes a long, long time to show up on the scales, but it is a known fact that when we exercise we retain water.

I know that I usually weigh more the day after I've exercised, but it's only short term and the inches go down.

I also find that I cannot eat all my exercise calories or I just keep on gaining, so I usually only take half of them.

Oh...sometimes when I've kept to my cals and it's not doing what it should, I increase them for a while to kick start my metabolism...then I drop back again.

Perhaps your body is just having a lull to get used to it's new weight.